England 47-7 Australia result – Sadia Kabeya and Kelsey Clifford score braces each in seven-try win as Red Roses top group

England scored seven tries as they demolished Australia 47-7, a record-equaling 30th consecutive Test win.

Forwards Sadia Kabeya and Kelsey Clifford scored a brace of tries each as the Red Roses’ forward pack proved too strong for the Wallaroos.

Australia needed to avoid a heavy defeat to book their place in the quarter-finals and could have topped the group with victory.

Despite the host nation being firm favourites, Australia provided an early test and Adiana Talakai gave them a sixth-minute lead.

Jess Breach pulled a try back for England, but it was not until Abbie Ward went over on 32 minutes that the host nation went ahead.

Kabeya also scored to give the Red Roses a 19-7 half-time lead before the floodgates opened in the second half as Clifford and Sarah Bern also joined the try scoring.

Australia held the deficit to book a quarter-final against Canada next Saturday, meanwhile England face Scotland on Sunday (16:00 UK time).

England flanker Sadia Kabeya hopes her side’s pack are "feared" after six of their seven tries against Australia came from forwards.

"You could see from the first half we definitely got put under a lot of pressure, which we needed," said Kabeya to BBC Sport.

 "There is a lot of stuff to work on going forwards. We grounded it out and got the result in the end.

"We have a lot of trust in the plan and there was a few tweaks we needed to make [at half-time]. We just had to go out there and do what we needed to do.

"We’ve got huge carriers across our pack and we’ve got threats across the park.

"Hopefully with that performance today our forward pack is very feared. We will take each game as it comes and do our analysis."

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England skipper Alex Matthews said she was proud of her side’s performance as they beat Australia by 40 points.

"I’m so proud of the girls, we didn’t have the momentum in the first half, we stuck at it, we stuck to our game plan and came out on top," Matthews told BBC Sport.

"That’s the challenge that everybody out there has wanted us to have. We have shown that we can do it. Our line-out didn’t function how it usually does, Australia’s kicking game was phenomenal and really tested our back field.

"Our subs were phenomenal and we couldn’t do it without our whole squad."

Australia were playing for their futures in the tournament and provided a tough battle for England. The opening 30 minutes were even and the Wallaroos will be proud of their performance.

However, the fitness of England in the second half was too much and they ran over seven tries in total.

Australia kick the ball to touch as both sides book their quarter-final places. England top Pool A with a bonus point win. The Red Roses play Scotland in the last eight, while Australia meet Canada.

England pass the ball from right to left opening up the Wallaroos defence. Harrison picks out Feaunati in space out wide. However, the long pass is at her feet and can’t be gathered.

The Red Roses create wave after wave of attack. However, just a metre from the try-line the home nation are penalised for holding on in the tackle.

Despite having a 40-point lead in this match and being down to 14 players the Red Roses continue to pressure their opponents.

However, tired bodies and minds mean that more errors are creeping in for both teams.

TMO stops the game for a review on a tackle made by Bern which saw the England player’s shoulder hit the head of her opponent. The card will be reviewed and could be turned into a red.

Australia are desperate for this game not to get too far away from them. The Wallaroos play the ball out wide and Stewart is just tackled into touch by Rowland.

The Red Roses are turning this game into an onslaught. A charging run by Dow is halted in the corner before Bern forces his way over under the posts.

Harrison adds the extras and England lead by 40 points.

England make a trio of changes as Hunt is replaced by Packer; Heard is off for Aitchison and Galligan off for Campion.

The Australia changes see Pohiva off for O’Gorman; Pomare off for Smith; Moleka off for Hinds.

England are awarded a penalty after dominating the scrum. The ball is played to Clifford who despite being held is able to ground the ball.

Harrison kicks the conversion under the posts.

Talling has received a heavy knock and is taken off for Feaunati

Australia also make another change as Chancellor comes on for Masters.

Cokayne is replaced by Atkin-Davies; Muir is off for Bern

The Red Roses re-take the line-out which is driven under the sticks for a try by Clifford. The conversion is a simple one for Harrison

Dow went on a surging run and evaded several tackles before eventually winning England a penalty which was kicked to touch. The TMO looks at foul play and the replay shows head-to-head contact by Moleka as she tackled Muir.

The yellow is also under review and could be turned into a red.

The Red Roses see a promising attack broken down by a Talling forward pass. The home nation have now made 11 handling errors in this game.

The full-back has taken a heavy hit and is taken off for an assessment and is replaced by Rowland.

Australia have also made two changes with Palu off for Tuinakauvadra; also Talakai is off for Naden.